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Essays on Tech, Startups, and Trends from Founder Collective, a seed-stage VC firm that has invested in companies like Uber, MakerBot, Buzzfeed, & Hotel Tonight.
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What’s the worst thing a VC has ever said to you when you were fundraising?
What’s the worst thing a VC has ever said to you when you were fundraising?
By David Frankel, Managing Partner — Founder Collective
Founder Collective
Oct 28, 2015
The Autonomous Intern: Kyle Vogt of Cruise Automation
The Autonomous Intern: Kyle Vogt of Cruise Automation
When Kyle Vogt resigned two weeks into his internship at my startup back in 2004 I made every argument I could to try and stop him. He said…
Founder Collective
Sep 29, 2015
Why It Wasn’t Crazy for VCs to Back Quirky
Why It Wasn’t Crazy for VCs to Back Quirky
There’s been a lot of discussion about the downfall of “Invention Platform” Quirky. Bolt’s Ben Einstein wrote a great piece explaining what…
Founder Collective
Sep 26, 2015
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How to Build and Steward Creative Communities
How to Build and Steward Creative Communities
Collective Wisdom for Tech Startups
Founder Collective
Jul 28, 2015
How to Pitch Your Oddball Startup to VCs
How to Pitch Your Oddball Startup to VCs
Five years ago the prospect of an eyeglass company, a coworking space and enterprise chat app each being worth over a billion dollars would…
Founder Collective
Jul 28, 2015
What It’s Like Leaving Apple to Found a Startup
What It’s Like Leaving Apple to Found a Startup
Collective Wisdom for Tech Startups
Founder Collective
Jul 13, 2015
Founder Collective
Jul 6, 2015
How SOLS Combines 3-D Printing & Prada Style
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Jun 22, 2015
How A Startup Used SharkTank to Hook Top-Tier VCs
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Founder Collective
Jun 18, 2015
Bubble Talk: 15 reasons it’s not
2000 all over again
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Seriously? Art schools have minted more massive Unicorns than MIT?
Seriously? Art schools have minted more massive Unicorns than MIT?
Gaurav Jain is a VC and a graduate of Harvard Business School. Joe Flaherty is a writer and a graduate of the Rhode Island School of…
Founder Collective
Jun 18, 2015
How a Founder Made a Fortune Replacing Himself as CEO
How a Founder Made a Fortune Replacing Himself as CEO
Entrepreneurs are often worried that their investors are secretly planning to hire a more experienced CEO as their startup scales. It’s an…
Founder Collective
Jun 3, 2015
PillPack Gets an Infusion of Capital to Continue Simplifying Pharmacies
PillPack Gets an Infusion of Capital to Continue Simplifying Pharmacies
Last year, when CVS was lauded for their decision to remove cigarettes from their stores, it served as a prime example of how broken…
Founder Collective
Jun 3, 2015
The 60,000 Word Rule: How VCs Become Media Brands
The 60,000 Word Rule: How VCs Become Media Brands
If you want to be an influential investor, you’d better have amazing deal flow, an unerring eye, or else be prepared to crank out the…
Founder Collective
Mar 19, 2015
Requiem for a Unicorn
Requiem for a Unicorn
Editor’s Note: Micah Rosenbloom is a Venture Partner at Founder Collective, a seed-stage venture capital fund.
Founder Collective
Mar 19, 2015
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